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Vessel in the Form of Two Figures Seated Inside a Structure by Chimú — VisualArtsDB

Vessel in the Form of Two Figures Seated Inside a Structure

Vessel in the Form of Two Figures Seated Inside a Structure

1200–1450

Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: 23 × 12.1 cm (9 3/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
Genre: blackware (black basaltes)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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americasarchitecturefigures (representations)modeling (forming)andeanvesselsearthenwarevesselburnishing (polishing)ceramicsstructuresinorganic materialGesturechimúArts of the AmericasPre-Columbianblackware (black basaltes)andeslate intermediate periodceramicart of the americas

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